Chronicles Magazine >> Tom Piatakhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/blogs/blog/Chronicles MagazineI Rememberhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/i-remember/I was in the air when the first tower was hit; I watched the two towers fall, stupefied and enraged, alone in my hotel room in Norfolk. After my business was done, I went to the eerily quiet Norfolk airport to begin the drive home.Tom PiatakWed, 11 Sep 2019 06:24:00 GMTIs There a 'Catholic Case for Communism'?http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/is-there-a-catholic-case-for-communism/One of the lessons that was reinforced for me at my alma mater was that Communism was a great evil. This lesson was taught by classmates whose families had fled that evil in such places as Vietnam, Lithuania, and Hungary. It was also taught by friends and classmates whose families barely escaped Tit [...]Tom PiatakWed, 31 Jul 2019 04:29:00 GMTName the Victimshttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/name-the-victims/[A]s Sri Lanka reminds us yet again, Islamist violence and anti-Christian hatred are, alas, all too real.Tom PiatakMon, 22 Apr 2019 05:30:00 GMTThe West's Parish Churchhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/the-wests-parish-church/The emotional outpouring prompted by news of the fire at Notre Dame de Paris has been extraordinary. It has been marked by both depth and breadth, prompting myriad expressions of concern for the fate of Paris' venerable cathedral and affecting Catholics and non-Catholics, those who live in France an [...]Tom PiatakWed, 17 Apr 2019 02:29:00 GMTStanley Donen, RIPhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/stanley-donen-rip/This weekend brought the sad news of the death of Hollywood director Stanley Donen, at the age of 94. Tom PiatakMon, 25 Feb 2019 01:15:00 GMTPelosi's Warninghttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/pelosis-warning/Nancy Pelosi is warning that, if Trump declares an emergency over the border, a future Democratic President could declare an emergency over gun violence. This argument is intended to frighten Republicans from taking action to prevent millions more potential Democrats streaming from Latin America int [...]Tom PiatakFri, 15 Feb 2019 07:07:00 GMTThrowing the Sheep to the Wolveshttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/throwing-the-sheep-to-the-wolves/The boys from Covington Catholic did a good thing by going to the March for Life. If what the Catholic Church teaches is true, Roe v. Wade marks a death sentence for roughly 1,000,000 innocent human beings every year, year in, year out. Tom PiatakMon, 28 Jan 2019 01:39:00 GMTMAGA Hats and the Mobhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/maga-hats-and-the-mob/A word about hats. Now that the vicious media assault on the teens from Covington Catholic has been exposed as a lie, one of the fallback positions is that the boys shouldn't have been wearing MAGA hats.Tom PiatakTue, 22 Jan 2019 02:05:00 GMTPublic Enemy Number Onehttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/public-enemy-number-one/The teens from Covington Catholic represent everything too many on the left love to hate; and hate them they did, and hate them they do.Tom PiatakMon, 21 Jan 2019 03:46:00 GMTBuild the Wall, Mr. Presidenthttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/build-the-wall-mr-president/Securing our southern border is vastly more important to our national security than is nation-building in the Mideast.Tom PiatakMon, 14 Jan 2019 12:17:00 GMTFaith of Our Fathers, Living Stillhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/faith-of-our-fathers-living-still/On most Sundays and holy days, I happily attend what Pope Benedict XVI termed the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite and what is often called the Novus Ordo Mass. Last Saturday, though, I attended what Benedict XVI termed the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and what is often called the Latin Mass. [...]Tom PiatakTue, 11 Dec 2018 07:20:00 GMTThankful to Be an Americanhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/blogs/tom-piatak/thankful-to-be-an-american/Despite our many and undoubted problems, we should all give thanks that we are Americans. In 1869, my direct paternal ancestors lived in a one room house in a country where it was impossible to get even a high school education in their native tongue.Tom PiatakMon, 26 Nov 2018 01:57:00 GMTAn Anniversary to Rememberhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/an-anniversary-to-remember/Last Sunday, many of our political leaders, feeling pressured by the anniversary of the Armistice that began at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month exactly one hundred years ago, publicly remembered the generally forgotten dead of the Great War.Tom PiatakWed, 14 Nov 2018 06:59:00 GMTAn American Statesman Turns 80http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/an-american-statesman-turns-80/Eight years ago, I made the case in this magazine that Pat Buchanan has been a "visionary." That case is even clearer today, with the White House occupied by a man who got there by running on the issues Buchanan had championed for decades . . .Tom PiatakFri, 02 Nov 2018 02:23:00 GMTAn Invasion Heads Northhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/an-invasion-heads-north/The people who voted for Trump weren't motivated by the allure of tax cuts. They were motivated by a desire to, at long last, secure the southern border.&#8203;Tom PiatakTue, 23 Oct 2018 04:46:00 GMTGrand Juries Are Not the Answer to Clerical Scandalshttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/grand-juries-are-not-the-answer-to-clerical-scandals/The primary purpose of a grand jury is to vote on indictments. The Pennsylvania grand jury that examined the Church issued two indictments. Forty-four percent of the priests mentioned in the report are dead; the average age of the remainder is 71. Tom PiatakMon, 10 Sep 2018 02:17:00 GMTA Welcome Voice for America Firsthttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/a-welcome-voice-for-america-first/Globalism has exacerbated the divisions among Americans, both by widening the gap between haves and have nots and also by sending a clear signal that those who run our country see no difference between Americans and foreigners or even prefer foreigners over their fellow citizens. Tom PiatakTue, 04 Sep 2018 02:05:00 GMTAn Acceptable Hatredhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/an-acceptable-hatred/[F]or large swaths of elite opinion, it is now perfectly acceptable to hate people who think like me or look like me. And the people who approve of this hatred also claim for themselves the mantle of righteousness and moral superiority. Tom PiatakMon, 13 Aug 2018 02:16:00 GMTTrump Fights For Us—It’s Why They Hate Himhttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/trump-fights-for-us-its-why-they-hate-him/Donald Trump is crude, vulgar, egotistical, even narcissistic. He is, at best, verbally maladroit, and his attempts to backtrack from statements that cause outrage are often embarrassing, even cringeworthy. Tom PiatakThu, 19 Jul 2018 10:05:00 GMTThe Never Trumpers: Sore Losers With Thin Skinshttp://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/the-never-trumpers-sore-losers-with-thin-skins/Emerald Robinson recently wrote a witty piece for The American Spectator puncturing the pomposity of the Never Trump wing of the conservative movement. At least one member of that wing, the thin-skinned Jonah Goldberg, was not amused, and he let his readers know, branding Robinson's piece "lazy" and [...]Tom PiatakThu, 05 Jul 2018 02:16:00 GMT